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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 40).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer wrote, "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware?"
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Martin Buber.
(d) Emer Friednly.

2. Where did Trethewey go on vacation with her parents in Part I?
(a) Mexico.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Great Britain.

3. Which group of people did Trethewey's grandmother house in the 1960s, which raised the ire of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) The Quakers.
(b) The Revers.
(c) The Jehovah's Witnesses.
(d) The Mennonites.

4. What advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?
(a) Never to let a man hit her.
(b) Never to marry a man with less education that she had herself.
(c) To always have a job with which she could support herself.
(d) To always have a lipstick in her purse.

5. How old was Gwendolyn when she was killed?
(a) 40.
(b) 46.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?

2. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?

3. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?

4. What did Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?

5. What kind of car did Trethewey's father buy to drive the family on vacation in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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